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A work made of tempera on panel.

Saint John the Baptist in Prison Visited by Two Disciples

Giovanni di Paolo · 1455–60

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Palette

Stone
 59% of the image
Grey · text contrast 6.1:1
Smoke
 22% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.9:1
Tan
 8% of the image
Brown · text contrast 4.4:1
Blue-grey
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.0:1
Coffee
 4% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.6:1
Sepia
 3% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.0:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
Giovanni di Paolo
Date
1455–60
Type
Painting
Medium
Tempera on panel
Size
68.3 × 40 cm (26 7/8 × 15 3/4 in.); Framed: 79.6 × 51.5 × 7.7 cm (31 3/8 × 20 1/4 × 3 in.)
Place
Italy
Period
Renaissance · 15th century
Themes
Bible stories and saints
Main colour
Grey · lightness 53, colourfulness 10

Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-27); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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